Paternoster biblical monographs </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> <partName>Paul's understanding of the church's mission: Did the Apostle Paul expect the early Christian communities to evangelize?</partName> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Plummer, Robert Lewis</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">(1971-...)</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">0:5</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">Great Britian</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Paternoster</publisher> <dateIssued>2006</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>190tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback</extent> <extent>23cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>In this book, Robert L. Plummer engages in a careful study of Paul's letters to determine if the apostle expected the communities to which he wrote to engage in outward-directed missionary activity. Plummer summarizes the discussion to date on this debated issue, handles contested texts, and provides a way forward in addressing this critical question. While admitting that Paul rarely explicitly commands the communities he founded to evangelize, Plummer amasses significant incidental data to provide a convincing case that Paul did indeed expect his churches to engage in outward-directed missionary activity. Throughout the study, Plummer progressively builds a theological basis for the church's mission that is both compelling and distinctively Pauline.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Robert Lewis Plummer</note> <subject> <topic>Mission of the church</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">266.009</classification> <classification authority="ddc">R639-P73</classification> <identifier type="isbn">1842273337</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/8/6/_71618652_140.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/8/6/_71618652_140.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">1</recordContentSource> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2022-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070722.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>